A nurse is preparing an anxious patient for major surgery and remarks, "Everyone feels some anxiety, but you will be asleep during the whole thing." Which communication style does this exemplify?
a. Empathy
b. Summarizing
c. False reassurance
d. Premature advice
C
False reassurance shows lack of effort to understand and shuts off communication by imposing personal opinion. It may sound empathetic, but false reassurance does not encourage further communication.
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Family members of an immunocompromised patient have asked the nurse why antibiotics are not being given to the patient in order to prevent infection. How should the nurse best respond?
A) "Using antibiotics to prevent infections can cause the growth of drug-resistant bacteria." B) "If an antibiotic is given to prevent a bacterial infection, the patient is at risk of a viral infection." C) "Antibiotics can never prevent an infection; they can only cure an infection that is fully developed." D) "Antibiotics cannot resolve infections in people who are immunocompromised."
A client presents to the labor and birth area for emergent birth. Vaginal exam reveals that the client is fully dilated, vertex, +2 station, with ruptured membranes
The client is extremely apprehensive because this is her first childbirth experience and asks for an epidural to be administered now. What is the priority nursing response based on this client assessment? a. Use contact anesthesia for an epidural and prepare the client per protocol. b. Tell the client that she will not need any pain medication because the birth will be over in a matter of minutes and the pain will stop. c. Assist the client with nonpharmacologic methods of pain distraction during this time as you prepare for vaginal birth. d. Call the physician for admitting orders.
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An Asian American client tells a nurse that he is concerned about yin and yang in his health care. Which nursing intervention observes the understanding of yin and yang?
A) Balancing hot with cold B) Providing numerous herbs C) Limiting meals to rice, vegetables, and fish D) Incorporating activity with other therapy